[meteorite-list] Huge Fireball: Possible First Meteorite Fall of 2011

Thu Jan 13 02:36:35 EST 2011

Shawn,  The event timestamp from the first video is 8:47 CST. I had estimated the time at my initial post of the event at 8:45 CST which was nearly correct.  Please see my website I have added more video.  At least 9 states saw the event and I still think that there were AT LEAST 2 bolides see in the Jackson at perhaps 3-10 minutes after the initial.  Dirk Ross...Tokyo

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/01/alabama-video-mississippi-bolide.html

--- On Thu, 1/13/11, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Huge Fireball: Possible First Meteorite Fall of 2011
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 4:29 PM
> Hello Listers,
>  
>  
> This is exciting news about the 1.11.11 fire ball sighting.
> Now I wonder has any listers been able to determine the time
> of the fall. I have read 8:50pm and also 8:30pm and the
> reports at AMS range from 8:30 to 9:00 pm. Also the
> sightings are all over the board from 6 different states.
> From what I can gather is that the fire ball moved from
> a SE to NW and people in NC heard a boom. Now I have never
> seen a fire ball so I am not sure how they look in the sky
> and move, but for it to be heard in NC from some reports I
> have to assume the more in the eastern side of the sky when
> this event took place the other night? I hope in the next
> few days we can get some reports from people that heard the
> boom and state their location. All I have read in some
> blog posts is that they heard a boom, but they forgot to
> tell the time and their location. I wondering if a
> meteorite comes from this fireball, how far would the
> meteorite be from the boom of the fall?
>  
> Shawn Alan
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> Yeah, sounded pretty impressive at first and was reported
> over a huge area, but as others have noted, it was quite
> short, so ... 
> 
> Robert Woolard 
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> On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Meteorites USA <eric at
> meteoritesusa.com> wrote: 
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> 
> > UPDATE: New data added... This is a short duration
> event. Current public video sucks, and no radar yet. Over 30
> sightings on AMS. I've added a map, and the Google Earth KMZ
> file for download for those who want to try this one. http://www.meteoritesusa.com/meteorite-news/huge-fireball-seen-across-6-states/
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> > 
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> > Enjoy... 
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> > 
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> > Regards, 
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> > Eric 
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> > 
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> > On 1/12/2011 12:20 AM, Meteorites USA wrote: 
> 
> >> You know, sometimes it's just too good to be
> true... What are the chances a meteorite falls on 1/11/11
> just a mere couple weeks before the Tucson show? ;) 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> We might have our first meteorite fall of 2011.
> Too many reports of fragmentation and sonic booms for it not
> to be. Looks like this might be the real deal. 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> Here's some quotes from the articles: 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> "A sonic boom was heard as far north as Western
> North Carolina..." 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> "...Copiah County Emergency Management Director
> Randle Drane said residents who saw the light and heard a
> subsequent boom called to report what they had seen or
> heard. The majority of those who heard the boom were near
> the town of Hopewell just southeast of Crystal Springs...."
> 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> "...Little Rock, Ark. Around 8:30 p.m. we began
> receiving calls about a bright flash of light and a boom..."
> 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> "...Around 9 PM Tuesday, the Pulaski County
> Sheriff's Office received several calls of what looked like
> balls of fire falling from the sky...." 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> "...According to affiliate KFSM, the meteor was
> also sighted in Greenwood, Jonesboro, Jackson, Miss.,
> Biloxi, Miss., and the Florida Panhandle...." 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> Reports still coming in... 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> Regards, 
> 
> >> Eric Wichman 
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> >> Meteorites USA 
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